The body is believed to be a female but officials could not determine the name, age or home address of the woman, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. The body was found under tires at the rear of a building where the work was being done, officials said.

An autopsy was expected to be done Wednesday, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

At about 1 p.m., a crew on the Cal Sag Channel fishing for Asian carp discovered a skull on the southwest bank near the 13200 block of South Indiana Avenue, police said. Chicago Police Marine Unit officers responded.

Investigators also found other skeletal remains in the area, police said. Officials were trying to determine if the remains were human. Riverdale police are investigating the incident.

Also this afternoon, Cook County Sheriff's officers were called to the Oak Ridge Glen Oaks Cemetery, 4301 W. Roosevelt Rd. in Hillside after a body organ was found in a bag on the cemetery grounds, said Frank Bilecki, a spokesman for the sheriff's office.

Bilecki said an evidence technician with the office suspected that the item may have been an animal organ. Medical examiner's officials will test the organ on Wednesday to determine if the object is human, according to a spokesman.

A Chicago police boat is used during a search on a body of water along the Cal-Sag Channel, near 130th Street and Indiana Avenue, following a report of possible human body parts discovered in the area.

To celebrate the silver anniversary of the UConn men's 1989-90 Dream Season, The Courant will be looking at players and coaches who helped make that team special. Stories will appear periodically throughout the season.

FALL RIVER, Mass. — In the days leading up to his death, Odin Lloyd and former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez corresponded through text messages about meeting up, according to testimony given in court Tuesday.

A Justice Department investigation will allege sweeping patterns of discrimination within the Ferguson, Mo., Police Department and at the municipal jail and court, a law enforcement official familiar with the report said Tuesday.